Xiao Li led his men back in the rain. When they were halfway there, the thunderstorm suddenly stopped and the sky cleared.
Mu Yunzhu felt the murderous aura surging from her, and was so frightened that she didn't even dare to say a word. Up to now, she had already felt Princess Xuanyang's cruelty very intuitively.
Suddenly, a group of strangely dressed masked men blocked their way and quickly attacked them.
Yang Jun led his men to surround Xiao Li, but the other party used his body to break through the encirclement and rushed in.
Amidst the melee, a white-haired figure rushed over and knocked Xiao Li off his horse.
"Xuan Yang!"
Mu Yunzhu landed on the ground, picked up a knife, quickly rushed to Xiao Li, and blocked the attack of the unknown object with one knife.
It was a white-haired man wearing a mask, but it felt very strange.
Mu Yunzhu struggled with the man for a while, and was shocked to find that he couldn't cut her. "Xuan Yang, what the hell is this thing? How can it be invulnerable to swords and guns? Come and help me."
How can Xiao Li help? She is in trouble enough herself.
Three corpse puppets surrounded her, forcing her to retreat step by step. Because of Mu Yunzhu's shout, the white-haired masked man also pounced towards Xiao Li.
Xiao Li took out his pistol and fired a volley of bullets at him, but the other party took the bullets directly without any pause. Xiao Li was so angry that he wanted to throw away the gun.
“Puff!”
A piece of Xiao Li's sleeve was pulled off, and his arm was scratched by his metal glove, and blood and flesh flew everywhere in an instant.
"Princess!"
Yang Jun stood in front of Xiao Li, but his fighting power seemed a little insufficient at the moment.
The white-haired masked man forced him to retreat step by step. Thanks to the help of the people next to him, he avoided being killed by a palm to the heart.
Mu Yunzhu retreated to Xiao Li's side while fending off the corpse puppets. They leaned back against each other, still in shock. "Xuan Yang, what on earth have you provoked?"
Xiao Li laughed when he heard this: "That's a good question. I also want to know what I've provoked."
The white-haired masked man rushed towards Mu Yunzhu. Xiao Li grabbed her waist and pulled her away. He turned the long sword in his hand and flew towards the other person.
She used all her strength and finally forced the other party back three steps.
The ground was wet and she was in a mess. She held a knife in one hand, and blood flowed down her wrist, staining the blade with blood.
Xiao Li looked at the masked man and sneered, "Lu Yanzhi, you're really haunting me!"
Plot fix?
Is she destined to die at the hands of this scumbag?
What a joke!
She gripped the hilt of the knife tightly, blocking his swinging hand with all her strength, her eyes filled with bloodlust and madness that could no longer be concealed.
"If I can kill you once, I can kill you again and turn you into ashes!"
Xiao Li swung his knife quickly and finally cut off his mask with one stroke.
The blue-gray dead face was finally revealed. Unsurprisingly, it was Lu Yanzhi, who should have turned into bones long ago.
He opened his eyes, his unfocused pupils staring at her, cold and creepy.
As a corpse puppet, Lu Yanzhi has extremely high fighting power, and Xiao Li is no match for him at all. Thanks to Mu Yunzhu's help and cooperation, the two of them can hold on.
With each blow, cracks finally appeared on Lu Yanzhi's body, even though it was a corpse puppet.
The two men concentrated their attacks on his limbs, and finally, Xiao Li cut off one of his arms with one knife.
At this moment, the sharp flute sounded again.
The corpse puppet Lu Yanzhi retreated quickly without any pause, and in the blink of an eye only the severed arm remained on the ground.
Xiao Li staggered backward, leaning on Chi Yan. As far as she could see, many of her guards were killed or wounded, and there were more than a dozen corpse puppets left.
But this will definitely not be the end.
I'm afraid it will be difficult to go back alive today.
Yang Jun knelt on the ground to bandage Xiao Li, his brows furrowed and his lips pale. Seeing Xiao Li injured made him feel more uncomfortable than if he were injured himself.
I hate myself for being incompetent. If Rong Qing was here today, he would never let the princess get hurt.
Mu Yunzhu looked at the hideous wound on Xiao Li's arm, and then at Xiao Li's expression without any reaction, and suddenly made a decision in her heart that she would never, ever become an enemy of this man in this life.
As for her cousin's plan to seize the throne, let them do it on their own.
He took the initiative to help Xiao Li up, and waited for her to get on the horse before he got on and followed.
The team returned to the official road and had not gone far when they saw two groups of people fighting.
The people who were about to die looked like those brought by Lu Chengzhi. They fled in a hurry but were intercepted and killed here.
Xiao Li was shocked when he saw the man leading the charge and killing everyone in the area. "Manager Jiang?"
A figure ran towards her quickly: "Princess sister!"
It’s Zi Yue.
"Why are you here?"
Zi Yue was relieved to see that Xiao Li was fine: "We came to see you, the young master is here too."
Lu Chengzhi's group of people were finally all dealt with. When Xiao Li rode over, he saw Lu Chengzhi's body. These people should have wanted to protect the body and go find Lu Ye, but now they all went to accompany him.
Song Junzhan was on the other side. When Xiao Li went over, he saw that the usually weak man was now standing there with a sword in his hand. There was a lot of blood splattered on his body, and it was obvious that he had also fought.
Xiao Li's heart moved slightly, and she rode forward. Song Junzhan saw her and looked up at her. The two of them looked at each other without saying a word.
Song Junzhan jumped on his horse and went back with Xiao Li, taking his men with him.
It took less than an hour from the time he set out for the horse race to the time he returned. However, not only was Xiao Li in danger, the military department was also in turmoil.
Xiao Li calculated that they would attack the emperor, and she also knew that those people hated her. The emperor asked her to participate in the horse racing, and this journey gave them enough opportunities. They would definitely not let go of the chance to leave her alone.
So Xiao Li took advantage of the situation and used himself to disperse their forces, letting Yang Jun prepare traps and wait, killing them one by one.
While she was fighting bloody battles, the assassination attempt on the emperor's side also began.
First, all the horses went crazy and ran around, and then assassins emerged from among the palace people in the chaos and attacked the emperor directly.
The emperor was accompanied by people like Lou Yan, who killed the assassin directly.
However, they didn't expect that the assassins were just trying to confuse people. Their real method of assassination was to poison the emperor's wine. Fortunately, the emperor didn't drink much, otherwise he would have died on the spot.
Shockingly, upon seeing that the emperor was not poisoned to death, the commander of the imperial guards suddenly rebelled and stabbed the emperor to death with a knife.
He was too close, and no one thought he would rebel. Even though Lou Yan reacted extremely quickly, he only missed the target with his knife a little bit, and the emperor was still injured.
Afterwards, the imperial guards couldn't believe that it was Lieutenant General Liu and Rong Qing who brought people to escort the emperor back to the palace.
The person was sent back, but Xiao Li felt that the emperor might not survive.
The throne will eventually have to be replaced.
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